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THE  COMMISSION  FOR  WORK  AMONG  THE 
COLOURED  PEOPLE. 


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The  Commission  for  Work  among  Coloured  People  met  at  St. 
Augustine's  School,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  Tuesday,  May  17,  1904. 

Present :  The  Bishop  of  Washington,  Chairman ;  the  Bishop  of 
North  Carolina,  the  Rev.  Drs.  McKim  and  Tucker,  Rev,  Messrs. 
Niver  and  Delany,  Mr.  John  Wilkes  and  Mr.  Joseph  Bryan — 
being  a  quorum  of  elected  members. 

Excuses  were  received  from  the  Bishops  of  Ohio  and  Georgia 
and  the  Bishop  Coadjutor  of  Pennsylvania,  from  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Stires,  from  Judge  Davis  and  Mr.  Pellew. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Secretary  presented  a  communication  from  the  Board  of 
Managers,  announcing  a  special  appropriation  of  $1,000  for 
the  Bishop  Payne  Divinity  School,  and  $1,000  for  the  St.  Paul 
Industrial  School,  and  a  regular  appropriation  of  $65,000  for  the 
year  beginning  September  1  1904. 

The  report  of  the  Secretary,  giving  a  review  of  the  work,  was 
read. 

The  Bishop  of  Texas  reported  that  by  reason  of  a  temporary 
vacancy  at  Tyler,  he  had  an  unexpended  balance  of  his  grant,  and 
asked  that  he  might  be  allowed  to  use  it  for  the  erection  of  a 
schoolhouse  in  connection  with  the  work  at  Tyler. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Tucker,  the  request  was  granted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Bryan,  the  Secretary  was  directed  to  express 
to^Mr.  George  C.  Thomas  their  appreciation  of  his  personal  in- 
terest in  the  work  of  the  Commission,  and  to  express  the  hope 
that  he  will  soon  be  completely  restored  to  health. 

The  Commission,  on  motion  of  Bishop  Cheshire,  proceeded  to 
consider  the  appropriations  for  the  year  beginning  September  1, 
1904. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Bryan,  the  appropriations  to  the  twenty- 
four  Dioceses  and  Missionary  Districts  were  made  for  the  first 
quarter  of  the  year  beginning  September  1,  1904,  at  the  annual 
rate  in  force  February  24,  1904,  as  follows: 


394 


[May,  1904. 


1  Alabama annual  rate  of 

2  Arkansas • " 

3  Asheville  " 

4  Delaware " 

5  East  Carolina  " 

6  Florida " 

7  Georgia 

8  Kentucky.. " 

9  Lexington " 

10  Louisiana . " 

11  Maryland " 

12  Mississippi  " 

13  North  Carolina " 

14  South  Carolina " 

15  Southern  Florida 

16  Southern  Virginia " 

17  Springfield,  Illinois " 

18  Tennessee " 

19  Texas " 

20  Virginia " 

21  Washington " 

22  West  Missouri " 

23  Western  Texas " 

24  West  Virginia " 


£2,730 

600 

950 

400 

2,300 

2,600 

4,750 

900 

600 

900 

1,500 

1,100 

4,200 

6,000 

1,950 

4,640 

600 

3,650 

1,400 

1,550 

3,500 

600 

600 

400 


$48,420 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Cheshire,  appropriations  were  made  to 
the  schools  for  the  year  beginning  September  1,  1904,  as  follows : 

St.  Augustine's  School,  Raleigh,  N.  C annual  rate  of  $3,200 

St.  Paul's  School,  Lawrenceville,  Va "  "  2,000 

Bishop  Payne  Divinity  School,  Petersburg, 

Va "  "  1,500 

King  Hall,  Warden's  salary "  "  1,700 

$8,400 
The  appropriation  for  expenses  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
mission was  renewed  for  the  year  beginning  September  1,  1904, 
at  the  annual  rate  of  $500. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Bryan,  the  making  of  the  appropriations  for 
the  Archdeacons'  salaries  was  deferred  until  the  next  meeting  of 
the  Commission. 

The  Secretary  was  directed  to  write  to  the  Archdeacons,  re- 
questing a  full  report  of  their  work. 


May,  1904.]  395 

Dr.  McKim  offered  the  following  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  send  to  the  Arch- 
deacons and  Missionaries  copies  of  the  following  resolutions,  to 
be  found  on  pages  303,  340  and  364  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Com- 
mission.    (Adopted) : 

"Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  send  to  the  Arch- 
deacons and  Missionaries  copies  of  the  following  resolutions,  to 
be  found  on  pages  303,  340  and  364  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Com- 
mission : 

"  Whereas,  it  is  evidently  desirable  that  the  Commission,  at 
each  regular  meeting,  should  receive,  in  a  compact  form,  all 
needful  information  regarding  Coloured  Work  from  each  Diocese 
connected  with  it :  therefore — 

"Resolved,  That  the  several  Archdeacons  are  requested  to  send, 
through  their  Bishops,  to  the  Secretary,  within  a  fortnight  pre- 
ceding each  meeting,  a  special  report  containing  the  principal 
items  of  interest,  and  all  changes  among  the  workers  in  this  de- 
partment of  Missionary  Labor." 

"Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  send  to  the  Bishops  of  the  Dio- 
ceses to  which  appropriations  are  made  a  notification  that,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  Commission,  the  stipends  ought  not  to  be  paid 
unless  the  workers  in  the  field  make  out  and  send  to  the  Secre- 
tary their  quarterly  reports." 

"Resolved,  That  it  is  essential  to  intelligent  action  by  this  Com- 
mission that  the  Missionaries  in  the  several  Dioceses  should  send 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Commission  quarterly  and  annual  reports 
of  their  work  with  promptness  and  regularity,  and  that  the  Com- 
mission would  be  grateful  to  the  Bishops  if  they  would  kindly 
see  that  their  missionaries  to  the  Coloured  People  send  the  reports 
as  above  suggested  and  for  the  reason  stated." 

On  motion,  the  Commission  adjourned  to  meet  at  the  call  of 
the  Chairman. 

Beverley  D.  Tucker, 

Secretary. 


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